Writing country songs for a wide array of artists since the late 1990s, it was after Martina McBride took the Lindsey-penned number “Blessed” to number 1 that she became highly sought after. This Georgia native has increasingly become one of the most recognized songwriters in Nashville. While all of this is impressive, Prince’s biggest contribution to music outside of his own career is the role he played in launching Sinead O’ Connor’s career when she sang the massively successful, and Prince penned, “Nothing Compares 2 U.” 8 Hillary Lindsey In fact, Prince has written over 18 top ten R&B hits for other artists during his career. How about the mega hit “Manic Monday” by the Bangles? Again, written by Prince. Remember “Jungle Love” by Morris Day & The Time? Prince wrote it. But not everyone is aware of the fact that Prince has spent his career not only writing songs for himself to perform, but for other artists as well. Throughout his career Anka has written songs that he performed first, but became bigger hits for other artists (most notably Donny Osmond’s 1972 Billboard hit “Puppy Love”) and also wrote songs for other people that became the pinnacle of those artists' careers, as in the case of Tom Jones’s “She’s a Lady.” Furthermore, Anka also co-wrote the music to Johnny Carson’s late night talk show, and wrote the lyrics to the late, great Frank Sinatra’s iconic “My Way.” 9 PrinceĮveryone knows Prince the pop icon, and everyone knows Prince can write a song. Though Paul Anka is a well-known Canadian singer and performer who rose to stardom way back in the 1950s and 1960s with hits like “Put Your Head on My Shoulder” and “Diana,” many are probably unaware that Anka has also written or contributed to some massive hits by other artists.
Here are ten songwriters, a few quite famous but some you may not have heard of, who’ve probably written many of your favorite songs. Just look at the list of artists and songs on this list, and you will also see that the group of writers dictating the popular music landscape is also actually quite small. There’s a host of ‘out of the public eye’ talent who’s sole goal is to make other people reach number 1 on the charts based on the strength of their songwriting and production skills. What many music fans may not realize is that most often someone else writes many of their favorite songs.
While most of us can sing along to these songs, and certainly identify the artist performing the song, how many could name the mastermind behind the song itself? While performers sell an image, and undoubtedly add their own stamp to every song they perform, they still need songs to perform in the first place. There is a wealth of catchy pop, rock and country songs on the radio, sung by some of the most famous people on earth.
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